Massachusetts Archive

William James“By the principle of utility is meant that principle which approves or disapproves of every action whatsoever according to the tendency it appears to have to augment or diminish the happiness of the party whose interest is in question: …

This week, Massachusetts’ highest court ruled that is not illegal to film or photograph under a person’s clothes, without their knowledge. The practice, known as “upskirting,” typically involves a man taking video or photographs from below a woman’s skirt, or …